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VEGA SOTUÉLAMOS WINS 13 AWARDS AT ICDA 2026!

Artisan cheesemaker Vega Sotuélamos outdid itself this year at the International Cheese & Dairy Awards, one of the most prestigious competitions in the dairy sector worldwide. In addition to winning the John Webb Trophy for the best cheese made with…

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AMORE E POMODORO

We’re proud to announce that we’re now the exclusive New Zealand distributor of the Don Antonio range of pasta sauces from Casina…

IN PRAISE OF BERTAGNI

We’re all stocked up again with the magnificent Bertagni filled pasta. We’ve been bringing in this range for so long that sometimes…

Matilde Vicenzi strawberry savoiardi

Our latest Matilde Vicenzi shipment brought in a great new product—a very special strawberry version of Vicenzi’s famous ladyfingers, that indispensable element…

Alcurnia peaches bring the sunshine

Our Alcurnia peaches are back! These sun-ripened Murcian peaches, carefully selected and packed at peak ripeness, are huge, firm, juicy, and just…

An inside look at direct importing

What’s it like to directly import Mediterranean food and wine to Aotearoa? Clue: Think camels passing through the eyes of needles …

Discovering Puglia

We've been discovering Puglia in southeast Italy through some exciting new suppliers!

The Fortunes of Portuguese Conservas

If you’ve scrolled TikTok in the past couple of years, chances are you’ve seen Portuguese conservas—gourmet canned fish—making star turns on date-night…

The ILSA Napoletana Coffeemaker

We’re wild about our new ILSA coffee maker range! The only problem is which to choose—surely it’s okay to have several? From…

Introducing Mauri Formaggi

We’ve just unpacked a shipment of the amazing Mauri Gorgonzola and Taleggio cheeses from Valsassina—renowned as the “Valley of Cheese”—in northern Italy.…